Generalized Blockmodeling (Hardcover)

This book provides an integrated treatment of blockmodeling, the most frequently used technique in social network analysis. It secures its mathematical foundations and then generalizes blockmodeling for the analysis of many types of network structures. Examples are used throughout the text and include small group structures, little league baseball teams, intra-organizational networks, inter-organizational networks, baboon grooming networks, marriage ties of noble families, trust networks, signed networks, Supreme Court decisions, journal citation networks, and alliance networks. Also provided is an integrated treatment of algebraic and graph theoretic concepts for network analysis and a broad introduction to cluster analysis. These formal ideas are the foundations for the authors' proposal for direct optimizational approaches to blockmodeling which yield blockmodels that best fit the data, a measure of fit that is integral to the establishment of blockmodels, and creates the potential for many generalizations and a deductive use of blockmodeling.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	2005
Authors:	Patrick Doreian • Vladimir Batagelj • Anuska Ferligoj
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	402
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84085-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-84085-6
Barcode:	9780521840859

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